Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 01:55:02 -0700
From: "Dennis G. Allard" <allard@oceanpark.com>
Organization: http://oceanpark.com
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Subject: Raymond Kurzweil
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Has anyone heard of Raymond Kurzweil?

Apparently he was instrumental in developing character recognition
algorithms.  OK, that's excellent.

But I came across some predictions he has made about the advent of AI
and the 'exponential' increase in the development of technology.  He is
predicting that machines will exceed human intelligence within the next
twenty to thirty years.  It's total garbage (I guess I'm giving away my
view of his 'analysis').  I was wonderding if any of you have seen or
heard of this guy and his views?

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Dennis G. Allard                               telephone: 1.310.399.4740
Ocean Park Software                                 http://oceanpark.com
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